Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52O08SW00009| Deposit Name(s) | Little Ochig Lake #8 - 1987, Kasagiminnis Lake - 1987 |
|---|---|
| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Jun-16 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Little Ochig Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 16' 10.19" Longitude: -90° 21' 42.28"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 684037 Northing: 5683101 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O08SW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: conversion from mdi
Source Map: EMR 1976 PICKLE LAKE - EDITION 1
Sources Map Scale: 1:25 000
Access Description: This occurrence is located about 24.5 km south-southwest of Pickle Lake. It was intersected in a diamond-drill hole spotted about 381 m east of Kasagiminnis Lake, and 950 m north of the river connecting Annimwash lake to Kasagiminnis Lake. Kasagiminnis Lake is often too shallow for float-equipped aircraft and is best accessed by helicopter or, in winter, ski-equipped aircraft.
1985: Moss Resources Ltd. commissioned an airborne mag and EM survey over an area including the occurrence. 1986: Power Explorations Inc. conducted ground mag and EM surveys, geological mapping and rock and soil geochemical sampling on a claim group covering this occurrence. 1986-88: Power Explorations Inc. completed 2 diamond-drilling programs on a claim group covering this occurrence. The drilling totalled 9592.67 m in 88 holes, including 4 DDH totalling 522.1 m in the vicinity of this occurrence. This deposit was intersected in drill hole KAS-87-7.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52O08SW-0032 | 52O08SE0003 | Open |
| 52O08SW-0017 | 52O08SW0013 | Open Open |
| 52O08SW-0015 | 52O08SW0016 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Belt: Meen-dempster
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Tectonic Assemblage: Confederation
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vein | 1 | quartz | contains | |
| intermediate metavolcanics | 2 | host | ||
| mafic metavolcanics | 3 | near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 1 | garnet | economic | gangue | ||||
| unknown | alteration | carbonatization | 1 | unknown | disseminated |
12/17/1996 (B Nelson) - Drill hole KAS-87-7 intersected a 0.91 m interval of core which assayed 0.03 oz/ton Au, at 8.23 m to 9.14 m down the hole. The interval is contained in a slightly carbonatized, garnetiferous intermediate metavolcanic. The interval contained quartz veining and up to 2% pyrite.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | lode (gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | vein |
Publication - Mineral Deposits of the Central Portion of the Uchi Subprovince, p. 386-387
Publication Number: OFR 5869 Date: 1993
Author: Seim, G.W.
Publisher Name: OGS
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